Radiator shell for internal-combustion engines



May 4 1926. 1,583,094

R. L. PATE RADIATOR SHELL FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES Filed Feb. 5, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig.1-

May 4 1925."! 1,583,094

- R. L. PATE mnn'ron SHELL FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES Filed Feb. 5, 1925 s Sheets-Sheet 2 May 4 1926.

R. L. PATE- RADIATOR SHELL FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES Filed F 5, 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 v F? -5-- Patented May 4, 1926.

. UNITED STATES PATENT oF 'FicE. A

ROBERT 'L. PAT 0E sPRiNGEIELD', MissoUR'I.

RADIATOR SHELL FOR IN'TERNAL-eoMBUsrIoN ENGINES.

Application filed February 5, 1925. Serial No. 6 931.

To all whom-it may concern":

Be it known that I, ROBERT L. PATE, a-

citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Springfield,- county of Greene, andwith verticalguide channels for-guiding and retalnlng a number of shutter elements to,

protect and cover the radiator,.and provided with means forholdingthe ends ofthe lower shutter or shutters between the shellrand the radiator while the upper shutter 01'- shatters are permitted to moveifreely to; different vertical adj ustment-s without obstruction by the lower onesr Another object of theinvention is t01pr0- vide anapparatus of the, character mentioned inwhich provision is made whereby all of the shutters may be mounted in position for use, or removed from the apparatus with facility and without detaching the radiator shell of which the guiding and re taining means is a part.

Another object of the invention isto provide a radiator shell having guiding'and-retaining channels for supporting anumbenof shutter elements so that theyinay .be maintained in overlapping relationship in different adjustments to afford properprotection to theradiator under different conditions and variations intemperaturew Another object of the invention to'provide a radiator shell havingg gniding and retainingchannels constructedand designed toper'mit-placement andremovalof .theshutter elements proper .overlapping'relatiom ship, andg embodying 1 the important v structural subject matter herein disclosed.

Various other objects: and advantages of theinvention will appear the-follow ingdescription, reference .bemgmade ato the Fig. .1 .isa front end-elevation sot aradia'w tor -and shell l containing .the invention.

.Fig.'2 is averticalasectionaliview. Fig. BgisLazplerspective view showin 1.01

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Fig. 4 is across sectional view on the line 4l of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a front end elevation of an alter v native form of the invention. I

Fig. 6 is any enlarged vertical longitudi nal sectional view of the form of the inventionshownin Fig. 5. I V a Fig. 7 is a front end elevation of an additional alternative form-of the invention.

Fig. 8 is across sectional viewof the invention shown in Fig. 7

.Fig. 9 is ayfrontend elevation .of an embodiment of the invention in which .the

channel structure is detachable from theshell.

.'F1g.1O is a cross sectional view on the Fig. 11 is a perspe'ctiveiview of 'the channel devicedetached from the shell.

F The radiator shell shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusiveis in the f-orm of a frame contain radiator isexposedQ; The inner side edge of' each of the vertical portions 1 ofthe radia tor shell is folded toprovide a channel comprising inner walls 2 pressingagainst the partsl and outer walls 3 facing inwardly and spaced from .the walls 2 as clearly shownin Figs. 3 and 4:. The outer wall 3 of-each channel is cut toprovide a gap 4: intermediate of the upper and lower ends of the channel through which the ends of the shutter elements 5 maybe passedin the insertion and removal of said elements.

7 The vertical portions 1 are spaced from the. radiator .core' a. distance- SUHlClGIlt to permit the ends of as'hutt'er-elenient 6 to extend between theshelland .the radiator. For the insertion and withdrawal of the shutterele-. ment gap, 7 is formed 1 inthe inner wan of 1 each channel. This permits. the-shutter elements .6fto 'he'L'IiIisertedIin the channels- 2 through the gaps 4i aIid,the- .e11ds {Of said shutter element to he passed through the gap .7 .to' positions -het-ween the channels 2 andthemadiatoiieore. Thus, the lower; shut-.

as elements heldi.closelyagainst theradilappin 6 .relationshipitheretor from the channels.

is somewhat rearwardly from the planes of the side portions 1 and forms a transverse ledge upon which the lower edge of the shutter element 6 is supported. ,The shutter element 6 may be held from lateral movement by the bead formations 9, or other equivalent structure designed and adapted to abut against the inner edges of the rear walls 2 of the channels as will be understood by reference to Fig. 1.

The upper shutter element 5 may be raised and lowered from within the seating portion of the automobile by a flexible connection 10 extending from the upper edge of the element 5 into the seating portion of the automobile. As shown, the connection 10 passes through the lower edge of the upper horizontal portion 1 of the radiator shell and through the radiator core to the seatingportion of the automobile. This arrangement may be varied as desired.

The front walls 3 of the channels are extended across the top so that when the shut ter element 5 is in its uppermost adjustment the upper edge thereof is within a horizontal channel.

The gaps 4: may be closed by strips 11 utilizing appropriate fastening devices such as the ball and socket fasteners 12, or other suitable retaining means permitting easy attachment and detachment of said strips. The ball members 12 of these fasteners may constitute part of a series of fasteners, the others of which include similar parts 13 for engagement by cooperative members on the hood or radiator cover when it is desired to use the cover.

The alternative form of the invention shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is without the gaps l and comprises the gaps 7 to permit the lower shutter element to be passed to and The channels comprising the rear walls 2 and the front walls 3 open at their lower ends topermit the shutter elements to be inserted therethrough and to pass therefrom. In assembling theshutter elements within the device the lower shutter element 6 is first passed upwardly into the channels and upwardly through the gaps 7 until its ends are between the radiator shell and the radiator core; and

then the shutter element Gris moved downshown in Figs. 7 and 8 omits the gaps 4; and

the gaps 7 but is otherwise the same as the form of the invention shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The upper shutter element may be inserted and withdrawn through the lower ends of the channels, while the lower shutter element may befiexed as indicated in Fig.

8, sufficiently to insert its ends between the radiator shell and the radiator core, or to withdraw them therefrom. In other particulars the structure of the radiator shell is the same as that previously described.

The form of the invention shown in Figs. 9 to 11 comprises separate channel structure including a strip of metal shaped to form vertical side channels and a transverse channel at the top. The strip of metal is shaped to provide an external flange 1%: arranged to engage between the radiator core and the vertical horizontal front portions 15 of the radiator shell. The strip of metal is further shaped to provide a frontchannel wall 16 for a rear channel and a front channel wall 17 for a front channel, thesame being designed and adapted to receive the ends of the lower and upper shutter elements 5 and 6, respectively. It is obvious that when the shutter elements are in place the channel device cannotbecome detached as the ends of the shutter elements constitute abutments preventing inward flexing of the side channel members. The lower ends of the side channel members rest upon supporting portions 18 of the radiator shell.

The corners or sections of union of the upper horizontal channel structure with the upper ends of the vertical channel members are rendered flexible by the formation of a number of notches 19 in the flange 14:. A sufficient number of such notches are provided to permit the vertical channel members to be pressed toward each other so that the flanges 14 may be passed between the shell portions 15 and the radiator core, after which the vertical channel members are spread apart and the flexible shutter members are inserted. According to this form of the invention the device is in two parts comprising the radiator shell proper and the channel structure for holding the shutter elements in place.

The invention may be embodied in other forms and comprise additional Variations without departure from the nature and principle thereof. I have not attempted to suggest or illustrate all of the forms and variations which the invention comprises as they will readily suggest themselves to those familiar with this class of inventions. I contemplate such variations as maybe found useful or expedient in constructing or adapting the invention to uses for which it is in tended.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is i 1. A radiator shell adapted to be attached to. a radiator core and having its vertical front side portions spaced fro-m the radiator core for the purpose described, and a vertical channel in connection with each of said vertical front side portions, the front and rear walls of each of said channels having reeaoea channels.

3. The combination with a radiator core, of a radiator shell comprising vertical side front portions spaced from the radiator core and forming therewith intervening spaces for the ends of shutter elements, and a vertical channel in connection with each of said front portions of said shell arranged to receive the ends of shutter elements.

l. The combinatlon with a radiator core and a radiator shell in which the core is supported, or" a pair of guide channels engaging between the shell and the core, and a cross portion having flexible connection with said channels respectively, which connections perinit movement of said channels for engagement with and disengagement from the radiator shell and core as aforesaid.

5. The combination with a radiator core and a radiator shell in which the core is supported, of a pair of guide channels engaging between the shell and the core, a transverse portion having flexible connection with said channels respectively, which connectionsperinit movement of said channels for engagement with and disengagement from the radiator shell and core as aforesaid, a flexible shutter element having its ends between said channels and the radiator core, and an additional flexible shutter element having its ends in said channels.

ROBERT L. FATE. 

